Past simple + Past continuous

Past simple and continuous questions - exercise 5

Make the policeman's questions in the past simple or past continuous.

Example: Policeman: What ___ at 8.15? (do/yesterday)
James: I was driving to work.
Policeman: What time ___ ? (meet/the dog)
James: I saw him at about 8.30.

Policeman: What at 8.15? (do/yesterday)
James: I was driving to work.

Policeman: What time ? (meet/the dog)
James: I saw him at about 8.30.

Policeman: when you saw the dog? (drive/fast)
James: No, I wasn't.

Policeman: What ? (the dog/do)
James: He ran away.

Policeman: How ? (find/the two girls)
James: I followed the dog, when he came back.

Policeman: ? (see/anyone else)
James: No, I didn't.

Policeman: ? (call/an ambulance)
James: No, I didn't. I drove the girls to the hospital.

Policeman: How long ? (the journey/take)
James: It took about 30 minutes.

Policeman: when you drove the girls to the hospital? (they/still/bleed)
James: Yes, all the way.

James: I'd like to ask you a question, too. ? (the girls/survive)
Policeman: Yes, they did. Owing to you, Mr. Lullaby.

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Past simple and continuous questions - exercise 5